Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - 1500 m (women)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 1500 meter run |
gender | Women |
Attendees | ?? Athletes from ?? Countries |
Competition location | Olympic Stadium |
Competition phase | August 3, 2020 (preliminary) August 5, 2020 (semi-finals) August 7, 2020 (final) |
The women's 1,500-meter run at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held in the Olympic Stadium from August 3rd to 7th .
Current titleholders
Olympic Champion |
Faith Kipyegon ( Kenya )
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4: 08.92 min | Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
world champion |
Sifan Hassan ( Netherlands )
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3: 51.95 min | Doha 2019 |
European champion |
Laura Muir ( Great Britain )
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4: 02.32 min | Berlin 2018 |
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion |
Kate Grace ( United States )
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4: 06.23 min | Toronto 2018 |
South American Champion |
María Pía Fernández ( Uruguay )
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4: 27.44 min | Lima 2019 |
Asian champion |
PU Chitra ( India )
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4: 14.56 min | Doha 2019 |
African champion | |||
Oceania champion |
Georgia Griffith ( Australia )
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4: 12.53 min | Townsville 2019 |
Existing records
World record |
Genzebe Dibaba ( Ethiopia )
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3: 50.07 min | Monaco | 17th July 2015 |
Olympic record |
Paula Ivan ( Romania )
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3: 53.96 min | Final from Seoul , South Korea | October 1, 1988 |